I had to go to Baltimore last week for a teaching conference, and, I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited about it. Sure, there was the whole prospect of getting out of work for four whole days and being able to stay in a hotel room I wouldn’t have to pay for.

Four years ago right before I left Asia, I decided at the last minute to stop by Vietnam for a few days on my way back to the States. Because that was my life back then: just stopping by countries on a whim because, whatever, why not? These days, I stop by Target on […]

Last week, one of my students arrived at my nine o’clock class, and rather than pulling out his textbook, he pulled out a huge Tupperware full of these little, crispy donuts. He proceeded to pull more things out of his bag: paper plates, a carafe of Arabic coffee, the teeny tiny little Dixie cups that […]